notion of movement is really important in the garments I design. Clothes have to move, since we move. It’s their and our nature. -TI: What kind of things inspired you the most to reach this point? To search for a new method of creating pieces and silhouettes I seek for something gestural, something sculptural that will be the most important deed for my collection. Draping pattern pieces, knotting them, splitting them, tear them and sew them back. All of these actions are studied. Just some of the actions work together and finding this balance is the most important thing. It is my craving. -TI: You have worked in John Galliano´s studio, how did the atmosphere of the studio influence your work and does it still influence it? Actually it did not influence me in my aesthetic opinion. Being part of it was a very good experience, but I think my work hasn’t been influenced by it, not in an aesthetic way. But I did see a lot of great things happening there. It is really unbelievable to see a 75 years old lady working three weeks long, from 09.00 AM till 09.00 PM, on a silk voile embroidered dress,
totally cut on the bias. There is just such a lot of effort in those garments. -TI: What are the connections between your creations and you? We do not exist without each other. Everything is connected between my work and me. If there is no connection when one’s designing its collection, then it’s not good. Clothes do life long, but the sense and the relative context of a collection stops in a certain way when I seek for new work and inspirations. So then I just let it go after a while. We have to go forward. You have to go fast. As a designer you have to go faster than the system or society. -TI: What has been your biggest challenge as a fashion designer? The biggest challenge when you completed a collection is that you have to acknowledge the fact, (whether it is true or not) that things could have done better, and then just go back to work again. Once it is finished is lives in a different land , it is not totally yours any longer. It is there to let it be judged by
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